Harness-loop press



(No Model.)

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Patented Aug. 27, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI E;

CHARLES PELISSIER, OF CONCORD, NEV HAMPSHIRE.

HARNESS-LOOP PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 410,015, dated August 2'7, 1889.

Application filed April 3, 1889- Serial No. 305,840. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES PELISSIER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Concord, in the county of Merrimac and State of of the several novel devices which are fully set forth in the following specification and claims, and clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming an inseparable part thereof, of which- Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the machine complete, Fig. 2 being a general plan View of the same. Fig. 3 is a detached view of my improved former, the die, and a harness-loop, all in cross-section. Fig. 4: is a section of the same parts taken in another direction. Fig. 5 is a detached perspective view of the loop-former and die slightly separated,

one from the other, showing their internal or-.

namentation. Fig. 6 is a broken elevation of a portion of the frame of my improved press,

to which is secured a metal serrated plate and a section of one of the foot-levers engagtending from a point about midway from ing said serrations.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The loop-former is made of two parts A A, adapted to be expanded for the accommodation of loops of various widths by interposing plates B, one or more being used, as required, and a dowel pin or stud C, rigidly secured to either part A A, passes through the plate or plates B and into a perforation formed for this purpose in the other.

In the drawings I show the part A with a perforation a and the part A with the stud C, which retain the parts in proper position relative to their length.

After a loop D shall have been sewed to its strap (1 a mandrel E is inserted therein in the ordinary way, and the loop containing said mandrel is then placed within the former, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, strap side down,

the lower projecting edges of the loop D seatin g themselves upon the shoulders a, the strap d resting within a depression 61 To the ends of the parts A A are secured suitable plates A which lap over or cover.

the ends of a loop .D, keeping them straight and in good form.

The top die F may be engraved in various designs, as taste may dictate, as also may the sides a of the parts A A or loop-socket, as shown in Fig. 5, and said top die is provided with end projections ff, which lap over the ends of the top of a loop fitting betweent-he end plates A In this manner the sides and top of a loop may be pressed into proper form and embossed, and the ends of said loop are at the same time squared up, as they should be.

The socket die or former rests upon a bedplate G and against a rigid pillow-block g, rising. at the rear thereof, and is conveniently compressed by a follower-plate H, adjustable blocks lbeing interposed between said fol lower-plate and the loop-former or socketdie A A, a convenient form for constructing said blocks I being that shown in Fig. 2, in which the contacting surfaces are cut inclining, so that a movement of either longitudinally would act as a wedge against the other, and the bar J connecting the two has a perforation at one end, by which it may be pivoted to one of the said blocks, and a slot j exeither end to a point near its other end, through which a screw K is passed and threaded to the other of said blocks, and after properly adjusting said blocks and turning down said screw K they are retained in their respective position one to the other,

I may here state that before side pressure is applied to the socket-die or parts A A the space between their bases is not wholly filled by the interposing-plates B, but sufiicient space is here left for the necessary compression of the parts A A to properly shape and emhoss a loop.

The follower-plate H is moved by contact with a pressure-bar L,pivoted at Z to a bracket M, bolted to the front end of the bed-plate G, the lower end of said pressure-bar being con nected by a bar N to an arm 0, extending vertically from a foot-lever O, which maybe pivoted at p to a bearing P, secured at any eonvenient locality to the lower part of the frame (1, carrying a table Q, upon which the said bed -plate is mounted. Said foot -lever 0 should also be provided with a counter-weight or its equivalent for returning it to its normal position. In the drawings a weight 0 is provided upon the rear end of said lever. WVhen said lever has been pushed down sufficiently to apply the necessary side pressure to a loop in the manner before stated, it can be so held until the downward pressure has been applied tothe top die by placing a projection 0 formed thereon in either of the serrations r of the plate R, which is secured to a portion of the frame q for this purpose.

Suitable springs h may be secured to the bed-plate G, and by contact with cars 71, formed upon the ends of the follower H, the said springs will return the latter after each forward movement to its normal position.

Pressure is applied to the die F by a pressure-bar S, pivoted at s to vertically-adjustable bearings S, placed within slots 23, formed for this purpose in each side of a yoke-block T, bolted upon the top of the pillow-block g, the said bearings S being supported upon helical springs s, placed within said slots 25, and being rendered capable of depression for adjusting the height of said pressure-bar S at this point for accommodating it to various thicknesses of loops by set-screws T, threaded to said yoke-block and bearing upon the top of said bearings S, as shown best in Fig. 1.

.The pressure-bar S extends some distance to the rear of the yoke-block T, and upon this portion is mounted an adjustable counter- .weight S the rear end of said bar S being pivoted at s to either of the perforations u of the connecting rod orbar U, extending downward through the slotted guide g, bolted to the table Q, and having its lower end pivotally connected at 'U to the foot-lever V, reaching thence to the forward part of the machine, and adj ustably fulcrumed by means of either of the grooves 12' (formed in its bottom edge) .upon a fulcrum-pin 10, secured in a suitable standard WV, which may be bolted to a portion of the machine-frame q, as seen best in Fig. 1.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination of a socket or forming die made in two parts connected bya dowelpin, and plates secured at each end and lapping over the end of each side of said socket, and a top die having a projection at each end adapted to lap over either end of the top of a loop, and means, substantially as described, for applying side pressure to said socket-die and downward pressure to the top die, all substantially for the purpose set forth.

2. In apress for forming harness-loops, alongitudinally-separable socket or forming die, a follower, and adjustable interposing blocks between said follower and socket-die, a pressurebar for applying horizontal pressure thereto, and a counterweighted foot-lever and suitable conneeting-rods for operating the same, a top die and adjustable counterweighted pressure-bar, and adjustable footlever and connecting-rod for applying vertical pressure to said top die, all substantially for the purpose described.

3. In a press for forming harness-loops, the combination, with a longitudinally-separable socket or forming die and the pressure-bar for applying horizontal pressure to the same, of a oounterweighted footlever having an arm rising in nearly a vertical direction at a point near its point of fulcrum, and a horizontal connecting-bar, whereby the lower end of said pressure-bar is moved outward or toward an operator by the downward movement of the said foot-lever.

4. The combination, with the dies, substantially as described, of a pressure-bar for applying vertical pressure, hearings to which it is fulcrumed capable of vertical adjustment, a foot-lever provided with an adjustable point or fulcrum consisting of a series of slots cut in its loweredge for receiving a fulcrumpin, and a connecting-bar pivoted near one end to the rear end of said foot-lever, and provided near its opposite end with a series of perforations, to either of which the rear end of said pressure-bar may be pivoted, all substantially for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES PELISSIER.

XVit-nesses:

J. B. THURSTON, NATHL. E. MARTIN. 

